You mean that perhaps it was the non-French speaking people of the world that did the most to preserve the French language? Regards, Bob... -------------------------------------------- "Do not suppose that abuses are eliminated by destroying the object which is abused. Men can go wrong with wine and women. Shall we then prohibit and abolish women?" -Martin Luther From: "Mike King" <mikeking@cableone.net> > You're absolutely right and France would be speaking German right now if > we'd stayed out of WW1 or WW2.